abruptness

Example Sentences

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Performed in the pared-down orchestration Stravinsky made in 1947, decades after writing the piece, “Petrushka” here seemed both to echo and to have generated the Lara concerto’s off-kilter abruptness, fearless colors and wry enigmas.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Because of the abruptness of the breakup, how happy I was when I was with him and some hints he made afterward about regretting his actions, for years I felt like we had unfinished business.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023

The sudden influx of AI stories "gummed up the process," said Elison, an alarming uptick that was notable not only for its abruptness but for the quality of the stories.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2023

Since she’s played by Frances McDormand, the most famous face in the cast and an actor who could disembowel the patriarchy in her sleep, the abruptness of her departure feels particularly pointed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022

I didn’t want Rufus having to face some creditor that I had angered with my twentieth-century brevity—which could come across as nineteenth-century abruptness, even discourtesy.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler